Bagging machine



D. W. MOSS.

BAGGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man 1AN.3. |922.

Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

attorney* Patented Dec. l2, 1922,

DEXTER w. Moss, or Heitmann, nirssouar.`

BAGG-ING MACHINE.

Applicatonled January, 1922. Serial No. 526,S33.f

To all whom t mayv concern:

Be it known that I, DEXTER W. Moss, a

citizens of the United States, residing at into a paper bag sitting upon a pair of scales without having to pick or scoop the said articles from a largerbag, or from the sack in which they were received by the salesman.

With this -object in view the invention consists in a tilting tray adapted to have one end dropped to the ground to conven-` iently receive the original package, and provided with means for automatically locking it in discharging position when lifted upon its pivotal point, together with certain discharge means for conveying from the original package, or sack, the desired quantity of the merchandise to be bagged, and the invention also includes a holder adapted vto hold the paper bag in receiving position.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a side elevation of the device, shown in full lines in operative position, the dropped position of the tray being shown in dotted lines. n

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device. Figure 3 is a perspective View of a removable tray used in the bagging of `fine articles such as flour, sugar, etc;

In the drawing 1 designates a pair of scales upon which is placed a bag holder 2, consisting of vertical slats secured to a common base. The scale is placed adjacent a rectangular frame 3 the rear end of which carries standards 4 notched as at 5 on their rear faces immediately above the top of the frame. A tray 6 is pivotally mounted on a rod 7 carried at the upper front end of the frame 3, the tray being adapted to swing u and down, on its pivotal point, within t e frame 3. Strap irons 8 bind the end board of the trayto the rear of the side members and extend under the sides of the frame where they are spaced from the bottom edges of the frame sides, thereby forming brackets in which are mounted end portions of a rod 9, the rod being movable along the brackets and coniined within them. The rod is normally drawn toward the front ends of the brackets by aspring 10.

The front end portion of the trayis provided with yconverging,Side Walls 1l which.. lead to a gateway 12, normally closed `by a hinged gate 13. A short spout section 14 is secured to the front end of the tray v 6 immediately below the gateway 12. The structure above described is employed in bagging large rolling articles, such asy potatoes, apples, oranges, etc.` When small, fine grained articles are to be bagged, as sugar, rice, etc., a supplemental tray 16 is tted into the tray 6. The tray 16 has con verging forward walls 17 whichv terminate in a downwardly extending spout 18 provided at its lower end with a cutoff 19 and hinged handle 20. vThe handle is hinged so that it can be lifted against the side of the spout and passed through the spout 14..

In operation thetray 6 is droppedA into the position shown in the dotted lines in Figure 1 and the sack `of V.the goods to be bagged is set in it, and then the tray is lifted into the position shown in full lines in F igure 1, the rod 9 riding against the standards 4 until the notches 5 are reached when the rod is drawn into the notches by the spring 10, thereby locking the tray in its r elevated position. rlhe gate is thenvopened and the desired quantity of the articlespermitted to r'un through the spout 14; into the bag 15. If flour or the like is to be bagged the gate is first opened and the tray 16 in serted in tray 6, the spout 18 passing through'the spout 111, and the sack then placed in position and bothtrays lifted. Flcw'oll the material through spout 18 isV regulated by the `cutof1 19. y It will be noted that when in operative position the trays are higher at their rear ends than at their forward discharge ends, so that'the merchani 10o dise being sold is fed tothe bagl by gravity. v I l What I claim is:

1. A bagging device comprising a frame y having rear notched standards, a ypivoted tray adapted to swing in said frame, a movable transverse, spring drawn rod at the rear end of the tray, said rod engaging the notches of the standards when the tray reaches operative position, and means at the front end of the tray for .guiding articles from said tray into a suitable receptacle.

2'. The combination with a swinging tray having a gateway at its forward end and a spout below and in alignment with said gateway7 of means for automatically locking the tray in operative position7 its rear end being higher than the gateway, and a supplemental tray having forwardly oon- Verging side walls and a downwardly extending spout, said supplemental tray tting within the swinging tray and the last mentioned spout extending` through the spout first mentioned, and means for regulating flow of materials through the last mentioned spout.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature.

DEXTER Jl/ MOSS. 

